FLASHBACK TO 1918: Local Boys Keeping Up Name Of Bristol

A regular feature looking back at what was being printed around 100 years ago in the Bristol Daily Courier. This week’s entry comes from the January 30, 1918 edition of the newspaper.

Local Boys Keeping Up Name Of Bristol

Bristol boys, who are in the service of the United States, are from time to time going over to France.

The first to go was Rothwell Townsend, of the 20th Engineers, and now Peter Waide on his way with a railroad engineer regiment. Mr. Waide was home from Camp Meade’ on New Year’s Day, but a few days after returning to camp, he was transferred to an engineer regiment in camp at Rockford, Illinois. He was there only two days when the regiment was ordered to go to France.

There are a number of other Bristol boys in France, some in the artillery, others in the infantry, and still others in the signal corps, whose names we have been unable to get but who are doing their bit for Uncle Sam.

Milford Callanan, who last September went to Camp Hancock as a member of the Sanitation Corps of the First Pennsylvania Cavalry, and, who when that division was broken up, was transferred to division headquarters. expected to be in France by this time, as he was one of the men selected to go to France and prepare headquarters for his division. Later orders came and the voyage has been postponed. Mr. Callanan is now reported as having been detailed with others to aid the health authorities at Augusta, Georgia in sanitation work.

A number of Bristol boys have been made corporals or sergeants, and one, Robert Fox, is attending the school for commissioned officers at Camp Meade, having with a number of others been recommended for a commission by officers of the camp.

Bristol boys have distinguished themselves in other wars, and have been rewarded for bravery by commissions, and it is a sure thing that this war will be no exception, and many of them will come home covered with glory when the conflict is over and the American flag is planted in Berlin.